Timeline for Why is it Okay for movies / TV shows, to show that their story is based on real events when it is actually not?
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| Oct 4, 2019 at 8:54 | comment | added | komodosp | My guess is that they get away with it because it's never been challenged (e.g. in court). Such a challenge would be difficult because nearly all "true story" type films have fiction in them, and how do you deal with those? So as long as the advertising media doesn't make the claim that it's true, it's probably OK. | |
| Mar 24, 2016 at 7:17 | comment | added | cde | That's a much better phrasing. | |
| Mar 24, 2016 at 6:55 | comment | added | DA. | @cde exactly my point. Fargo is fiction. They can make stuff up...including pretending that the story is based on a real event. | |
| Mar 23, 2016 at 22:36 | comment | added | cde | @DA. umm, what? Fiction is by definition non-fiction. | |
| Mar 23, 2016 at 14:21 | comment | added | DA. | There is no rule that works of fiction have to be non-fiction. | |
| Mar 23, 2016 at 14:15 | answer | added | Ralph Pocky | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 20, 2015 at 21:16 | history | edited | Napoleon Wilson |
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| Jul 15, 2014 at 17:20 | comment | added | Kevin Howell | Possible duplicate of | |
| Jul 15, 2014 at 17:19 | comment | added | Kevin Howell | possible duplicate of Why is "Based on a True Story" used? | |
| Jul 15, 2014 at 9:16 | history | edited | Napoleon Wilson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 15, 2014 at 8:53 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackMovies/status/488969570800377856 | ||
| Jul 15, 2014 at 6:45 | vote | accept | Ankit | ||
| Jul 15, 2014 at 6:23 | answer | added | Bon Gart | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jul 15, 2014 at 5:48 | comment | added | Meat Trademark | If your question is if there is a rule or law against this, no, there is no rule or law preventing it, otherwise it wouldn't be done. Many other movies have claimed to be true including 1985's Return of the Living Dead. | |
| Jul 15, 2014 at 5:46 | comment | added | Ankit | and BTW, I read the questions linked here. My question is not answered there. | |
| Jul 15, 2014 at 5:39 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jul 15, 2014 at 5:30 | comment | added | Ankit | This question is not specific to fargo. wikipedia already says that the claim is fictional. this is a question about the general rule. fargo is just used as an example. | |
| Jul 15, 2014 at 5:19 | comment | added | earthmover | possible duplicate of Are the events depicted in FX's Fargo TV series really true? | |
| Jul 15, 2014 at 5:12 | comment | added | Meat Trademark | Possible duplicate of a duplicate? | |
| Jul 15, 2014 at 5:02 | history | asked | Ankit | CC BY-SA 3.0 |